Linus Eppinger / Sam Braysher Quartet A Sinner Kissed An Angel (Fresh Sound Records 2026)

NEW RELEASE – LINUS EPPINGER / SAM BRAYSHER QUARTET This year’s crop of kisses is for me. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Linus Eppinger (guitar), Sam Braysher (alto saxophone), Daryll Hall (bass), Eric Ineke (drums) Recorded in 2024 Released as Fresh Sound Records 5147 in 2026 Track listing A Smooth One / I Told You So / Put On A Happy Face / Spooky / Roundabout / Never Let Me Go / Room 608 / That Sunday That Summer / A Sinner Kissed An Angel / Relaxin’ At Camarillo / [/half] [row-end] Most welcome quartet and record. Accessible jazz on a high level, positively feelgood, the black element hard-wired in its DNA. It’s a good match, guitarist Linus Eppinger with his old-school style and alto saxophonist Sam Braysher, who is also still quite young but must have an old soul. And there’s no place to hide with the swinging and stimulating rhythm section of bassist Daryll Hall and drummer Eric Ineke. The German Amsterdammer and Londoner can let their hair down and have a natural…